16. As kings display their skill and power and wealth in the erection of
their capitals, so would the Lord reveal the splendor of his attributes in the
restoration of Zion, and so will he now glorify himself in the edification of
his church. Never is the Lord more honorable in the eyes of his saints than
when he prospers the church. To add converts to her, to train these for holy
service, to instruct, illuminate, and sanctify the brotherhood, to bind all
together in the bonds of Christian love, and to fill the whole body with the
energy of the Holy Spirit—this is to build up Zion. Other builders do but puff
her up, and their wood, hay, and stubble come to an end almost as rapidly as it
was heaped together; but what the Lord builds is surely and well done, and
redounds to his glory.
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